The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-06-28

for getting to the bottom of big square
face in the shortest time-can lay Tony out
in five minutes be the watch. There was lots
of "small stores" all the way from gin to
champagne, and the way the Ducal guests
set to work meant business. Pretty soon the
company felt like Grand Dukes and Dukesses,
with the Grand Duke as the central figure.
around which they all revolved. After this
there was a DGcal hula hula, IN which all
hands Joined. and everything was "whooped
up to the highest pitch. After short in
terval and a pull at some of the bottled sus-
/ tenance. the Grand Duke. who felt high de-
manded q change of programme, and another
game was then prepared, and the Grand
! Duke commenced to show MS skill. Here
( poor Bliff was over come by his arduous
4 duties. and dumped himself down in a corner
Z tor a short nap. When the boy woke up the
/ shades of night were visible and the Grand
! Duke was beng got together and placed in an
/ ambulance, preparatory to starting for town.
| As soon as Tony laid eyes on the boy he asked
! where he had been, and told him he had
missed the "boss'' r7-' of the show-that the
/ Grand Duke hat Lone all his previous
! efforts in the line [. amusement, and that it
was one of the grandest sights that one could
wish to Understanding which is not
seen ev.Iv day. "Oh, my," says the boy,
didn't lie Ducal crowd laugh and sing out
bully boy,-hurrah for the Grand Duke, and
SO on After good deal of care we got the
Grand Duke home and shortly after had him
all o. K. in good shape for any other show
that night.
A short time ago I had gay little time
with Foolscap at the How are-you-A Ann Hotel.
Who's Foolscap?'' Why, 0oncher know
Foolsc.., that TONY cuss who is playing 80
many parts an! r re law in his coat
! tail than all tn O.aer yvTs together have
in their heads Well, Foolscap and I got
little mellow and we're having bully time of
it-lots of jokes-when the boy says to me
Flaneur, let's write our names in the Hotel
Register, Just for the fun of the thing
''All right" says l. So Foolscap and
started for the clerks office, and took the
| book and wrote down: Colonel FIaueur
Governor of Ocean Island" Foolscap looked
at my name and then burst out laughing,
| saying " Flaneur, will discount you on the
title biz" He commenced with 'Foolscap,
Attorney General Foolscap, Commander
in-Chief of the Army Fooiscap, Governor of
Yahoo; Foolscap, Private Secretary TO the
Grand Duke; Foolscap, Vice Chamberlain to
the Grand Duke; toolscap, Ducal Commits
sioner of Crown Lands Foolscap, Appraiser
at the Custom House: Foolscap, General
Factotum TO the Grand Duke: Foolscap
General Whoop-her-up to the Grand Duke F.;
Foolscap, Cork draWer-in-C Chief to the Grand
Duke etc. While Foolscap was engaged in
filling up the page laid down on lounge
and had nap. Wien Foolscap finished the
page he looked around for me, to show what
fine array Of names he had to astonish the
hotel clerk with and make him feel happy.
He soon struck me and made me look over
the page Just for the fun OF the thing.
Why" saws l, rubbing my eyes, Foolscap
you have made out a list that will astonish
the hotel folks-nO less than ten big titles"
Foolscap, after hearty laugh, in which lie
nearly snapped his head off, and | adjourned
to the baraad had " nightcap," after which
olutionists who were present, telling them
what the Grand Duke intended doing when
he got those repeating rifles, which had
been ordered by Quartermaster-G General Sam
HoWleln, when, bless me, If one of those duff
fers didn't get right up and put tin ear on
| Tony before he knew where he was, and
waltzed all around him. You bet Foolscap
busted out of that crowd in short metre and
made bee line for home. The next morn
ing l met Foolscap, who looked as if he had
encountered rough deal during the night,
when told him about the good joke he had
played off in the Hotel Register, which aston
ished him beyond measure. SAYS he: "Did
do so foolish thing as that? What will
the Grand Duke say should he hear OF it
You must excuse me, will have to attend to
that Hotel Register biz right off, and the
boy flashed out of sight in a jiffy. Shortly
after | met Heep Savoy and told him the
whole story, when ne insisted on onr going
up to the hotel to see the register. When we
got there and looked at the register that leaf
was torn out. don't think Tony did it, oh,
no.